Retained Instructor Director of the Writing Center

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Background

Inge Fink has a master's degree in German and American Studies from the Univeristy
of Innsbruck, Austria. She came to New Orleans in 1985, where she earned another master's
in English. She has been teaching as an instructor in the UNO English department since
1988.

Ms. Fink loves the theater and all things thespian, so it is not surprising that one
of her favorite classes to teach is Introduction to Drama (don’t miss her coming to
class in costume if Halloween falls on a school day!). Maybe because of her Teutonic
upbringing, another of her favorite classes is Technical Writing, a class not necessarily
known for its flamboyance but revered for its practicality and usefulness in the proverbial
“real world.” She expects much of her students, but she strives to make their learning
experience as diverse and interesting as possible.

In the summer of 2005, Ms.Fink accepted the position of Director of the Writing Center
as part of her academic duties, and she had the strangest rookie year anybody could
possibly imagine. However, not even Hurricane Katrina could diminish her determination
to make the UNO Writing Center a friendly, inviting place, where writers of all academic
levels can improve their writing and editing skills as they work with carefully trained
tutors, all of whom are graduate assistants in English. If maxed-out appointment books
are an indication, the Writing Center enjoys great popularity among students and their
teachers, who encourage them to go there.

Together with Gabrielle Gautreaux, Ms. Fink has edited three editions of Reading Matters, the 1158 textbook, and the first edition of Reading Life, the textbook for 1157. Another textbook, Reading Life Through Literature, is under contract with Wadsworth Thomson. Ms. Fink regularly presents papers at
the Conference on College Composition and Communication and other academic meetings.